Hat-pin guard.



H. GREENBERG HAT PIN GUARD APPLICATION HLED NOV. a. 1915.

1,235,31 0o- Patented Jul 31, 1917.

INVEN TOR. WITNESS BY %%T TORNE HENRY GREENBERG, OF NEW YORK, Y.

HAT-PIN GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'July 31, 1917.

1 Application filed November 6, 1916. Serial No. 129,745.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY GREENBERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Guards, of which the following is a specification.

The resent invention relates to improve ments 1n hat-pin guards.

The main object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this character which may be attached to the hat in such a manner that it will prevent injury being done by the pin, and which will preclude loss of the hat-pin.

Another object of the invention is to devise an instrument of this type which can be manufactured on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so diiiicult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement, and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Two of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a I vertical section taken through a hat provided with a hat-pin guard constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a hat-pin for use in connection with this invention; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the guard elements shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings; Fig. 4. is a central vertical section taken through another element of the hat-pin guard; Fig. 5 is an inner front ele vation thereof; Fig. 6 is a central vertical section taken through the element shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings and the parts cooperating therewith; and Fig. 7 is a central vertical section taken through a modified element of the guard.

The guard, forming the subject matter of the present application for Letters Patent, cooperates with a pin of special construction. The pin, denoted in the drawings by the numeral 10, comprises a shank l1, having a head 12 upon one of its ends, and a substantially ball-shaped point 13 on its other end. The diameter of this ball-shaped point is considerably larger than that of the shank l1. 1

The hat-pin guard shown in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, comprises a resilient socket 1%, that extends through an aperture 15 in the crown 16 of the hat 17. This socket member cooperates with the ball-shaped point 13 of the pin in a manner hereinafter to be described. The resilient socket member is attached to the hat by a cap 18, drawn over an annular rim or shoulder 19, which is formed upon the portion of the socket member that is disposed outside of the hat. This cap abuts against the outer face of the hat, while against the inner face of the latter rests an annular flange 20 upon the socket member. In this manner the socket member is securely held in position upon the, hat. ,The socket member is made resilient by providing therein longitudinally disposed. slits 21, which extend from the flaring mouth 22 of the member toward the rim or shoulder 19 thereof.

In the crown 16, diametrically opposite to the socket member, is formed an aperture 23, the edge of which is reinforced by an eyelet 24. With this eyelet cooperates a gripping member 25, that is slidably disposed upon the shank 11 of the hat-pin outside of the hat. This gripping member is provided with longitudinally extending slits 26, thereby forming a plurality of resilient gripping jaws.

The operation of this device is as follows: When the hat is not in use, the hat-pin is held thereon by engaging the gripping member 25 with the eyelet 24 and forcing it inward, whereby its jaws are caused to grip the pin, thereby preventing it from being mislaid or lost. Before putting the hat in position upon the head of a person, first the gripping member 25 is disengaged from the eyelet, and then the pin drawn through the hair. After this the ball-shaped point 13 is their normal positions, and securely clamp the pin point, The gripping member 25 is then engaged with the eyelet 24:, these elements serving as additional safety means. It is to be observed that the flaring mouth of the socket member ll facilitates the insertion of the pin point thereint-o.

Attention is called to the fact that the hatpin guard herein described not only serves to prevent injury being done by the pin, but also precludes. loss of the hat-pin, it being securely clamped to the hat.

From. the foregoing it will also appear that, broadly speaking, the invention consists in attaching to the hat and to the pin cooperating fasteners of the head and socket type, and that, while herein the head has been shown as being carried by the pin and the socket by the hat, the relation of the two elements of the fastener may be reversed, that is to say, the socket may be carried by the pin and the head by the hat. Moreover, the head may be made resilient'andthe socket rigid, if so required.

The element of the guard, that is carried by the hat, may be attached to the latter in any suitable manner differing from the form shown in Figs. 1 to 6 of the drawings. F or instance, it may be fastened to the inner face of the crown of the hat, in which case the aperture 15 above described need not be provided. A construction of this type is shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, in which the socket member is provided with a flange 9-7, having small holes '28 therein. This flange abuts against the inner face of the hat crown This socket member is fastened to the crown by means of stitches 29, which extend through the crown and through the small holes 28.

What I claim is:

l. The combination with a hat having an aperture in its crown, of a hat-pin extending through said aperture, cooperating fastening means upon said hat and the inner end of said pin, said means including head and socket elements, the fastener element upon said hat being disposed substantially diametrically opposite to the aperture therein, an eyelet reinforcing the aperture in said hat, and a gripping member shiftably disposed upon said pin outside of the hat and adapted to cooperate with said eyelet.

2. The combination with a hat havingan aperture in its crown, of a hat-pin extending through said aperture and having a substantially ballshaped point, a resilient socket attached to said hat substantially diametrically opposite to the aperture therein, said socket being adapted to receive thepoint of said pin, an eyelet reinforcing the aperture in said hat, and a gripping member shiftably disposed upon said pin outside of the hat and 7 adapted to cooperate with said eyelet.

3. The combination with a hat having an aperture in its crown, of a hat-pin extending through said aperture and having a substantially ball-shaped point, a resilient socket provided with a flaring mouth attached to said hat substantially diametrically opposite to the aperture therein, said socket being adapted to receive the point of said pin, an eyelet reinforcing the aperture in said hat, and a gripping member shiftably disposed upon said pin outsideof the hat and adapted to cooperate with said eyelet.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this3rd day of November, A. 13.1916.

' HENRY GREENBERG.

"Witnesses r JOSEPH KLEIDMAN, Mex E. GREENBERG.

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